I've always said that cleaning your dryer vent twice a year — with the daylight savings time changes — is an easy, and very satisfying chore. Some experts recommend doing it quarterly. Unfortunately, ...

If your dryer is in the basement and the basement is underground, run duct up the exterior wall and out the rim joist. Set the vent a minimum of 12 inches above the outside ground. Pro tip: Use no ...

Summer's a great time to knock out the chores you've been putting off, and cleaning your dryer vent should be near the top of the list. It might not seem as urgent as wiping down shelves or clearing ...

Q: We bought a new town house in 2007. It has a stacked washer/dryer set located in a utility closet that backs onto the interior shared wall of the third floor. The dryer is an electric model, which ...

Have you ever watched professional dryer vent cleaning in action? I just did. Amazing how fast and efficiently that crew worked to take care of all 32 units in my condo complex. Equally amazing was ...

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I JUST NOTICED WHEN I WAS OUTDOORS THAT MY DRYER VENT FLAPPER DOES NOT SEAL WELL. ARE THERE ANY HIGH-QUALITY, YET INEXPENSIVE ONES THAT SEAL BETTER? CAN I DIRECT THE DRYER AIR INDOORS TO SAVE THE HEAT ...

Please excuse what may seem like over-sharing below; IMHO all the info is necessary: I live in a NYC apartment that was built in 1986 with a "closet" for a stacked electrical washer-dryer in the ...